Are you afraid of the dark?

Who wouldn’t be afraid of the dark, the mysterious thing that sometimes hides in the closet, sits behind the shower curtain and lives in the basement? Little Laszlo certainly is. Unorthodox children’s author Lemony Snicket (A Series of Unfortunate Events) and equally unconventional, Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Jon Klassen (This Is Not My Hat) team up to dispel Laszlo’s...

We’re not quite sure that you should be reading this

Lemony Snicket does not want you to read his new book. In fact, he doesn’t want anyone to read it. And really, why should he want you to read it? It’s not like he knows you, or probably even wants to know you. Come to think of it, why would you want to read this book anyway?“Who Could That Be at This Hour?”is the first book in Lemony Snicket’s new All the Wrong...

With love, from Lemony Snicket

It was Winston Churchill who once referred to a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. Sure, Churchill was talking about pre-WWII Russia, but we think he came up with the perfect description for the elusive relationship between Lemony Snicket and Beatrice. If you're not certain who either of these characters is, let's back up. Lemony Snicket is the narrator and scribe who records the...

A miserable idea

Why are people so strangely drawn to others' misfortunes? Like car wrecks? Or reality shows? Or the hapless misadventures of the Baudelaire children in the Lemony Snicket tales, A Series of Unfortunate Events? Regardless of the reason, it certainly seems to be a steadfast phenomenon. In the best-selling series of novels for young...

Countdown to Lemony Snicket fun!

The months are whizzing by, bringing readers ever closer to getting their hands on a new book in Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. For diehard fans who can't bear the wait until September when Book The Eleventh: The Grim Grotto will appear we're helping to pass the time with a recap of the first 10 books in this wonderfully original and wildly popular series. Just how popular is...

Countdown to Lemony Snicket fun!

The months are whizzing by, bringing readers ever closer to getting their hands on a new book in Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. For diehard fans who can't bear the wait until September when Book The Eleventh: The Grim Grotto will appear we're helping to pass the time with a recap of the first 10 books in this wonderfully original and wildly popular series. Just how popular is...

Lemony Snicket: the unauthorized review

"The book you are holding in your hand is extremely dangerous," begins the jacket copy for Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography. "If the wrong people see you with this objectionable autobiography, the results could be disastrous." And with this first glimpse, hundreds of thousand of kids will grin their evil little grins and realize that they are back in the sly world of Lemony...

Car-friendly listening for all ages

It's summer vacation time again, when both parent and child try to wile away the hours while they're getting where they're going. We've said it before, but it's worth repeating: travel in cars, planes and trains can be turned into real fun in the sun if you and your about-to-be-bored offspring listen to any of the wonderfully entertaining tapes that are yours for the picking.Are we there yet?...

Car-friendly listening for all ages

It's summer vacation time again, when both parent and child try to wile away the hours while they're getting where they're going. We've said it before, but it's worth repeating: travel in cars, planes and trains can be turned into real fun in the sun if you and your about-to-be-bored offspring listen to any of the wonderfully entertaining tapes that are yours for the picking.Are we there yet?...

Car-friendly listening for all ages

It's summer vacation time again, when both parent and child try to wile away the hours while they're getting where they're going. We've said it before, but it's worth repeating: travel in cars, planes and trains can be turned into real fun in the sun if you and your about-to-be-bored offspring listen to any of the wonderfully entertaining tapes that are yours for the picking.Are we there yet?...